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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of Mizzou since 1955

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of Mizzou since 1955

The Maneater

Funk and funding: Keeping the beat alive at Mo Jazz

Emily McClure, MOVE Reporter September 26, 2025

The sound of jazz filled downtown Columbia as the annual Mo Jazz Music Festival brought people together for a day of music and culture on the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 13. When the festival first kicked...

All roads lead back to the Zou

All roads lead back to the Zou

Makenzie Bounds, MOVE Reporter September 26, 2025

For some, homecoming at the University of Missouri is a distant memory, a remnant echo of crazy college stories. For others, it is a calling, a reminder that no matter where life takes them, they’ll...

Revealing Truman: Greg Razer, Missouri’s Tiger of 1998

Revealing Truman: Greg Razer, Missouri’s Tiger of 1998

Amory Moore and Ishrat Madiha September 26, 2025

Truman the Tiger has fulfilled a legacy of prancing around sports games and twirling his fluffy black and gold tail while wowing crowds with his silly antics since 1986. In 1998, the University of Missouri...

An Eastern Carpenter Bee is dwarfed by Jesse Hall as it pollinates a Rose of Sharon on Sept. 16 outside Switzler Hall in Columbia, Mo. Several Rose of Sharon bushes can be found across the University’s campus.

Mizzou’s botanic garden makes campus feel like home

Isa Kennedy and Bela Parrett September 26, 2025

At the University of Missouri, many eye-catching plants can be seen on the designated tree trails on campus, especially as the autumn season approaches. Mizzou’s campus is a botanic garden and Level...

Missouri Football and Missouri Basketball play-by-play radio announcer Mike Kelly speaks at his weekly show “Tiger Talk” on Sept 16, 2025, at Harpo's Bar and Grill in Columbia, Mo. Kelly has been play-by-play announcer for Missouri sports for over 30 years, and was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.

Mike Kelly: The sound of game days

Ainsley Bryson, MOVE Digital Editor September 26, 2025

“To the house, to the house, to the house!”  Whenever Mike Kelly’s iconic touchdown catchphrase booms over Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium and echoes out into the streets of downtown Columbia...

First-year students turn the University of Missouri into a center for creative ambition

First-year students turn the University of Missouri into a center for creative ambition

McKenzie Schweitzer, MOVE Reporter September 26, 2025

It seems that at every corner you turn on the University of Missouri campus, another artistic vision comes to fruition. Whether students came to Mizzou with artistic passion or were inspired by the campus,...

Mizzou Poetry Club president Joe Hess and officer Ellie Dugdale laugh after performing during the group’s first open mic poetry event on Wednesday Sept. 10 in front of Reynolds hall in Columbia, Mo. The night included more than poetry readings, with singing, storytelling and even comedy acts. The club meets at least once a month.

Mizzou Poets Society hosts first open mic of the semester, featuring spoken word, stand-up and everything in between

Jamie Lu, MOVE Reporter September 25, 2025

The amphitheater outside the Reynolds Journalism Institute was full of laughter and excited chatter on Wednesday Sept. 10. Attendees of the University of Missouri Poets Society’s first open mic eagerly...

Local Columbia band Nightstand performs on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025 at Traditions Plaza in Columbia, Mo. Nightstand released two singles earlier this year and are currently working on an EP.

MU Music Production Club brings community together with free show

Noah Elletson, MOVE Reporter September 24, 2025

Free Bass Unlimited was a music event that featured a diverse range of music from various performers. The event was a combined effort from The Modern Agora and the University of Missouri’s Music Production...

Overcoming the sophomore slump with music, media and meaningful moments

Overcoming the sophomore slump with music, media and meaningful moments

Mikalah Owens, MOVE Digital Editor September 15, 2025

I recently closed a significant chapter in my life, and with that ending came the quiet threat of the “sophomore slump” people always warn you about. It was a familiar feeling since I had fallen into...

REVIEW: Nostalgic storytelling makes Big Thief’s ‘Double Infinity’ memorable

REVIEW: Nostalgic storytelling makes Big Thief’s ‘Double Infinity’ memorable

Bela Parrett, MOVE Reporter September 15, 2025

I’ve enjoyed Big Thief’s music since eighth grade, when my best friend picked out their 2016 debut album “Masterpiece” from a gloriously large CD binder in her mom’s car. That drive introduced...

Twenty One Pilots’ ‘Breach’ rewrites what it means to grow up

Twenty One Pilots’ ‘Breach’ rewrites what it means to grow up

Mikalah Owens, MOVE Digital Editor September 12, 2025

I first discovered Twenty One Pilots in 2013, when they were the little-known opener for Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco on the Save Rock and Roll Tour. I was 7, way too young to attend but old enough...

Find Fiona guitarist Luke Sabath delivers a passionate vocal performance during the group's set on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025, at Rose Park in Columbia, Mo. Sabath says he hopes to become more involved in the band’s vocal side over the next few months.

Local bands Pink Houses and Find Fiona reflect on the Columbia music scene

Deacon Lipsmeyer, MOVE reporter September 12, 2025

As the sun went down over Rose Park on Aug. 30, anticipation began to build among the crowd. For some, this may have been the first show they’d ever been to, and for others, the feeling was all too recognizable....